As I write this, the Phoenix Suns seem like a long shot to win the NBA Championship in 2024.
The series with the Minnesota Timberwolves isn’t over, but the Suns look old, slow, and disorganized. And even in the event of a comeback, it seems hard to envision this Suns team beating any of the other elite teams, including the Denver Nuggets.
Naturally, many fans are looking not forward, but back. Back at the road not taken. The alternate reality. The one in which the Suns did not execute a blockbuster trade on Feb.